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Anna Bates (bowls)

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Anna Bates
Personal information
Nationality Zimbabwe
Medal record
Representing  Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane triples

Anna Bates is a former Zimbabwean international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Bates won a historic gold medal for Zimbabwe at the Commonwealth Games because it was the first time that Zimbabwe as a nation competed in the Games.[2]

She played in the team that won the gold medal in the triples event with Flo Kennedy and Margaret Mills at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.